as in often
many times
the little girl demanded over and over to be picked up so she could see the performers on stage
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Recent Examples of over and over
Fans used to agree, complaining when the show would keep mixing former and first-time players, or bemoaning the same faces playing over and over again.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
The company was ripped off over and over in more than 100 crooked transactions, the agreement said.
—Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 10 Feb. 2026
Naumov texted his parents over and over during the drive but had no response.
—Reid Laymance, Houston Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2026
While the endurance did the same thing over and over, the dancers were tasked with new routines each week, from jazz to line dancing to square dancing.
—Amanda Gardner, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
The company was ripped off over and over in more than 100 crooked transactions, the agreement said.
—Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 10 Feb. 2026
Naumov texted his parents over and over during the drive but had no response.
—Reid Laymance, Houston Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2026
While the endurance did the same thing over and over, the dancers were tasked with new routines each week, from jazz to line dancing to square dancing.
—Amanda Gardner, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for over and over
Adverb
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Uninsured Americans, however, often must pay for prescription medications with their own money.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Investors often flock to gold when crises hit, inflation spikes or stocks slump as a way to preserve their money’s worth.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The variability is expected; there’s a dusty environment and the dust distribution is constantly changing.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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As Thea’s former suitor, Tesman struggles to call her by her married name, a slip of the tongue that Hedda constantly needles him about.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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As strong as Dallas has been in its six-game win streak, the Stars have allowed opponents to climb back into games repeatedly in the third.—
Lia Assimakopoulos,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Kitty, whose worldly possessions fit into two plastic bags, is seen repeatedly in the same clothes, and bourgeois hostility to her presence in Beth’s middle-class neighborhood compounds her feelings of worthlessness.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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And in the late 1980s, after Little Saigon found official recognition, freeway and street signs directing people to the community were frequently defaced and destroyed in disapproval, Hua said.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
17 Feb. 2026
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When this happens, visibilities frequently drop to one-quarter of a mile or less.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Weeds will pop up again and again despite your best efforts to prevent them.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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Zurek shows that pointer states can be efficiently and robustly imprinted again and again in the environment.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Over and over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/over%20and%20over. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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